12-letter words containing a, r, k, s
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straitjacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
- stravinskian — of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.
- streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
- sugar shaker — a container with holes in the top, used for sprinkling sugar onto food
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- survival kit — Military. a package containing medical supplies, rations, and other vital equipment for use by a person forced to land in or parachute into the ocean, jungle, or other isolated or hostile territory.
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- take up arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- tartar steak — ground beefsteak seasoned with salt and pepper and served uncooked, often mixed with a raw egg and garnished with capers, onions, etc.
- taskmistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- trash talker — to use disparaging or boastful language.
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- wesley clark — (person) One of the designers of the Laboratory Instrument Computer at MIT who subsequently had a quiet hand in many seminal computing events, such as the development of the Internet, the first really good description of the metastability problem in computer logic.
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- whaler shark — a large voracious shark, Galeolamna macrurus, of E. Australian waters
- wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- windbreakers — Plural form of windbreaker.
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- witch's mark — devil's mark.
- work station — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
- work-release — of or relating to a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences.
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time